You know what's troubling? How we always objectify women in beauty contests. I mean isn't the point of beauty contests to find the best person? Oh right, it isn't. Stupid Saudi Arabia....more.

Saudi Arabia had a rare showing of logic in the case of women's (girls'?) rights by allowing an 8 year-old girl a divorce from her 47 year-old husband who didn't want to see her go...more.

Want to learn something nifty about another culture? Check this out...the first divorce in Saudi Arabia orchestrated by text message.A Saudi man has divorced his wife by text message, a newspaper said on Thursday.The man was in Iraq when he sent the SMS informing her she was no longer his spouse. He followed up with a telephone call to two of his relatives, the daily Arab News reported.A co ...more.

I like camels and I like babies (not like that) so imagine how excited I am for Saudi Arabia that a marriage official says it's totally cool to marry a 1 year-old!Saudi marriage officiant Dr. Ahmad al-Mu’bi told Lebanese television viewers last week that it’s permissible for girls as young as 1 to marry — as long as sex is postponed.Al-Mu’bi’s remarkable comments also included an e ...more.